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The fore part of the head.

A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock.

A wrapper. [Obs.] "Wrapped in sindons of linen." Bacon.

The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below. Artificial sines, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. -- Curve of sines. See Sinusoid. -- Natural sines, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. -- Sine of an angle, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of…

Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.

h requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service. A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. Macaulay.

The state of having a sinecure.

One who has a sinecure.

Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.

Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.

Quality of being sinewy.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne.

Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.

given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.

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slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. L'Estrange.